Britain News

London - The charity group Brake are calling for a ban on hands-free mobile phones for drivers in the UK. The charity is asking for a total ban of mobile phone use in cars.

"The Fox", that famous music video which was made basically as a joke by Norway's Ylvisåker brothers, has now hit the UK top 20, just 2 weeks prior to the brothers' first live UK appearance.

London - The past few weeks of balmy weather are set to end in the UK today as forecasters predict 100 mph gales and temperatures plummeting to -3C.

Gibraltar - While strictly speaking a "British Overseas Territory" and not a British town, Gibraltar has been voted the 6th crappiest town in Britain in the third edition of the controversial UK guidebook "Crap Towns Returns."

Pending a legal change, British citizens may not have anywhere to be buried when they die in the near future. An extensive BBC survey recently found that many burial sites will run out of space within a decade, while some are already out of space.

Derby - One British charity has found an ingenious method of helping airport security staff save potential victims of forced marriage.

Britain has allegedly decided to abandon its prior considerations to arm the Syrian rebels fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and believe that he may survive the revolt against his government.

Britain's Ambassador to Lebanon, Tom Fletcher, has announced that his country will provide Hezbollah with financial assistance to help it cope with its instability and the large influx of Syrian refugees that have arrived there.

Benidorm - Britain's criminals might just start thinking twice about moving to Spain to continue plying their "trade," as Spanish police have arrested a notorious UK drug dealer and "coke king," Brian Charrington, and several accomplices.

Quito - Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño revealed at a news conference in Quito that a hidden spy microphone had been uncovered in the office of the Ecuadorian ambassador to London, Ana Alban.